1/30/2011

[Guest post by Aaron Worthing; if you have tips, please send them here.]

Remember folks the consensus is in and it’s always right. And pay no attention to items like this:

Dr Benny Peiser and Dr David Whitehouse, of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), have written to John Hirst, chief executive of the beleaguered Met Office, asking for an explanation of a press release issued by his organisation on January 20 and headed “2010 – a near record year”. This won headlines by claiming that last year was hotter than any other in the past decade.

When the two men examined the original data from which this claim was derived – compiled by the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit and the Met Office’s Hadley Centre – it clearly showed 2010 as having been cooler than 2005 (and 1998) and equal to 2003. It emerged that, for the purposes of the press release, the data had been significantly adjusted.

Comparing the actual data for each year, from 2001 to 2010, with that given in the press release shows that for four years the original figure has been adjusted downwards. Only for 2010 was the data revised upwards, by the largest adjustment of all, allowing the Met Office to claim that 2010 was the hottest year of the decade.

How many times do these people have to openly fake their data before we start to doubt the whole thing?

One of the things that has really infuriated me about climate science and the AGW propaganda is that the AGW proponents have so utterly contaminated the data, that I don’t know if honest scientists will be able to sort out what is really going on.

I’m posting the following in honor of the unholy alliance of the we-love-Al-Gore crowd and some big agri-industrialists:

healthandenergy.com:

David Pimental, a leading Cornell University agricultural expert, has calculated that powering the average U.S. automobile for one year on ethanol (blended with gasoline) derived from corn would require 11 acres of farmland, the same space needed to grow a year’s supply of food for seven people. Adding up the energy costs of corn production and its conversion into ethanol, 131,000 BTUs are needed to make one gallon of ethanol. One gallon of ethanol has an energy value of only 77,000 BTUS. Thus, 70 percent more energy is required to produce ethanol than the energy that actually is in it. Every time you make one gallon of ethanol, there is a net energy loss of 54,000 BTUs.

^ The folks who didn’t see that one coming from a mile away are pretty much the same types who continue to want humankind to wring its hands over AGW.

Since such environmentalists are so concerned about too much carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, they should all gather together one day and, to prevent their own big mouths from releasing that noxious gas, hold their breath until they pass out.

Learn something about the credibility of the sources Aaron Worthing cites. In this post he cites Christopher Booker:

Booker is frequently derided for his inaccurate and sometimes dishonest reporting. George Monbiot draws attention to Booker’s attack on Michael Mann of Hockey Stick fame. Mann’s paper was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Booker attempted to refute it by using the claims of unqualified bloggers to refute peer-reviewed studies.[3] In December 2009 Booker (along with Richard North (blogger) made allegations of financial impropriety against IPCC Chairman Dr Rajendra Pachauri. These were published in the Sunday Telegraph which subsequently withdrew them after a libel action[4]. In August 2010, the Telegraph apologized to Pachauri after accounting firm KPMG found his business dealings spotless[5].

To highlight the level of inaccuracy and falsehood in skeptical journalism the Guardian launched a prize in 2009 to be “presented to whoever crams as many misrepresentations, distortions and falsehoods into a single article, statement, lecture, film or interview about climate change”. This was called the “Christopher Booker prize” [6] The first nomination was inevitably Christopher Booker for an article about arctic sea ice with six errors in 900 words. [7]

Also in the cited article is S. Fred Singer.

A former Philip Morris contractor who produced junk science to show smoking was not harmful. He received his PhD in Physics in 1948.

This is what passes for credibility in the wingnut circles.

Both NASA and NOAA have affirmed 2010 to be one of the hottest years on record. The decade that just ended included nine of the 10 hottest years on record.

Sims – Why don’t you have actual links in your citation. Pachauri’s conflicts of interest were not well known prior to the 2009 Climategasm Conference. Strange people actually want to gloss over them. They would not pass muster with U.S. public companies.

Pretty damn douchey to post someone’s home address, in a thread about someone who many theorize set bombs because he wanted to avoid scrutiny of a more serious crime, and then whine that the reason you’re moderated is not because of that.

It’s simply pathetic. Especially in IMDW’s case, since he has been royally trolling threads here for years.

Of course, imdw was never that smart to begin with, so no surprise all he’s got to offer is cutting and pasting someone else’s opinion in order to prove to us that someone holds the left’s POV on global warming (wow!).

Yes, she has lost it and revealed herself as flaky, delusional, dishonest, slightly paranoid, and in way over her head. Palin should have never been elected governor. She wasn’t ready and those of us who voted for her should have known it. The lesson is that personality, image and looks should never trump substance when evaluating a candidate.

Wow!

Let’s start with the worst piece of legislation in the history of the state, Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share or ACES.

The evidence is overwhelming ACES is killing Alaska jobs and drying up future investment.

When BP announced in July of last year it will invest $1.5 billion to develop Liberty field, we learned the oil company giant would incorporate the world’s biggest land-based drill unit, with power two to three times that of a typical North Slope rig, and that the investment would create hundreds of high paying jobs and extend the life of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. This project is a big deal and the kind of investment we have seen very little of lately in Alaska.

It’s the kind of investment you see in many other U.S. states where the oil industry is booming. Companies are pouring billions of dollars into exploration in states like Louisiana and Oklahoma. So why are we not seeing more investments like the Liberty field in Alaska? The answer is easy. It’s because of ACES. BP says if Liberty were on state land instead of federal, it would have scrapped the project. Because Liberty is on federal land it is not subject to the ridiculously high production taxes Sarah Palin’s ACES gave us.

Once you stated that you dont support Palin because she’s a woman but because you have stances in common – you might want to rethink this:

One of the many great myths Sarah Palin used to rise to power is the idea oil companies have to invest their limited future capital in Alaska and therefore we can treat the industry anyway we want. For ACES to work we have to accept the notion taxes don’t deter investment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Oil companies only have so much capital to invest and, like the Liberty field, will only invest if prospects pencil out.

Remember ACES raised production taxes on the oil industry 400 percent when prices are high. And oil companies make their investment decisions on how much they will earn when prices are high. This is another reason ACES kills so many investment dollars in Alaska.

The focus for Alaska now should be to undo ACES. Remember the original ACES bill took a very different form as law after liberal Democrats in the Legislature were through with it.

It’s time for new Gov. Sean Parnell to take up the fight against liberal Democrats and undo ACES. Parnell must abandon his “Palin can do no wrong” stance and clean up the mess she left us. Sean, let’s make Alaska competitive again.

The 2009 Global Petroleum Report showed Alaska ranking 78th when it comes to oil companies investing in exploration and production. We dropped from 46th in 2008. The report cites a number of factors for the decline in Alaska’s competitiveness. High taxes and royalty rates are listed as top deterrents for the oil industry when it comes to investing in Alaska.

The international study showed nine U.S. states ranked in the top 10 which makes Alaska’s dismal 78th ranking that much more troublesome

Since such environmentalists are so concerned about too much carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, they should all gather together one day and, to prevent their own big mouths from releasing that noxious gas, hold their breath until they pass out.

The adherents of Mann, Moonbat, et al. have lost the war. No one listening anymore to people who whinge about how international flight is worse than pedophilia, then fly around the world to tell everyone else to stop flying.

“When the two men [Peiser and Whitehouse of GWPF] examined the original data …” I searched thegwpf.org for their examination, and didn’t find it. All I found was the Booker Sunday Telegraph clip cited in this post. Does anybody have a link to the actual details of their examination?

EricPW has been pantsed so many times on his Palin talking points all he does now is spam threads with oil industry points about the ACES legislation everyone knows Alaskans are considering changing. New information – no. Value added – none.

Here is a more balanced look at the ACES legislation produced by the State of Alaska in early 2010, which contradicts many of the oil industry contentions EricPW keeps spamming on these threads. For some reason he has not commented on this study.

EricPW has also not apologized for calling Palin a racist.

EricPW has not found a reputable conservative who shares his views of Palin’s fiscal performance as a governor.

From the same group you said did a balanced study on ACEs – they calculated it was a 1 yr 60% tax increase

ooof thats gonna leave a mark

In FY 2008, a period of very high oil prices and profits, ACES generated $6.8 billion in production tax revenue, compared with $4.2 billion which would have been received under PPT and $1.3 billion which would have been received under ELF.

“In fiscal year 2009, during which west coast oil prices average $68.34, ACES generated just over $3.1 billion. This compares with roughly $2 billion that would have been generated under PPT and $858 million under the earlier ELF system.”

EricPW – In one year, Palin cut oil company taxes 54% from the prior year, from $6.8 billion down to $3.1 billion!!!!!!!!

McIntyre is so unqualified to criticize Mann’s work that he got Mann et al to correct numerous errors, start rewriting papers to avoid McIntyre’s analysis of their statistical methods. McIntyre got NASA to correct errors in the GISS series that exaggerated warming, etc. etc.

Yes, one anecdote only, but my grandmother talked about how hot it was back around 1929 or so. One of her children was a small infant. She said she put the child in a bassinet out in the yard between two hanging sheets that she kept wet. The evaporation of the water lowered the temperature surrounding the baby. (Like a fan blowing mist on the sidelines of a football game.)

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